I chuck 'em all into a folder called "Crap", then hide the folder.
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+1
Been doing this for years on every berry I've owned.
A lot of the icons people want to hide are actually links to download apps that were pushed to your device via a service book from your carrier. Even if you delete the service book they always come back after a reboot or battery pull.